License to Kill Part 2

In the second part of this great book it talks a lot about the controversial history way that military contracting started. The original implementation of military contracting came with one of the most controversial decisions by the United States to enter into the conflict with Vietnam. The main reason why the government made the decision to hire basically armed civilians to fight their battles for them was to deny liability. Without any specific public orders for these military contractors to follow, the Vietnamese would have no connection to make back to the United States. Another big topic that was discussed within the second part of the book was the original event that brought military contracting into the main stream media, when five military contractors were found dead in Afghanistan. The first thing the media did was question the reason why five American citizens where all the way in Afghanistan in the wake of the biggest war zone in recent history. After some digging the media found out that these men were being paid to fight battles for the US government. I remember this happening in 2005, and this was the first time I was enlightened on the multi-billion dollar industry. I remember the media calling it the “Blackwater Bridge” and at the time I have no idea the significance. But now I know after reading this part of the book Blackwater was the company that sent in these five men that were brutally killed on the bridge. My interest started with the idea that it would be cool to get paid to be doing the jobs military does. Ever since I was a little kid I knew that I wanted to be involved with something that protected people and for a long time I thought that was going to be the military. But later I decided I wasn’t going to let the opportunity for me to go to college and get educated go to waste. This is why I decided to go into law enforcement where I could really get the best of both worlds, protect people and get myself educated.